List of World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands
This is a list of World Heritage Sites in the Netherlands with properties of cultural and natural heritage in the Netherlands that are on UNESCO's World Heritage List.[1] Currently, nine properties in the Netherlands and Curaçao are on the World Heritage List. Eight of these are cultural properties and one is a natural property.[1] The first was added to the list in 1995 and the latest in 2010. Seven properties are in the Netherlands, one is in Curaçao, and one is in both the Netherlands and Germany. The Wadden Sea is in the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, but only the Dutch and German parts are on the World Heritage List.
Properties on the World Heritage List[change | change source]
Id | Image | Name | Location | Type (criteria) | Year | Description |
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739 | Schokland and Surroundings | Noordoostpolder, Flevoland | Cultural (iii, v)[2] | 1995[2] | Schokland symbolizes the struggle of the people of the Netherlands against the sea. It was an inhabited peninsula since pre-historic times, it became an island in the 15th century, until it was completely encroached by the Zuiderzee in 1859. In the 1940s the Noordoostpolder was created and consequently Schokland was reclaimed.[2] | |
759 | Defence Line of Amsterdam | North Holland and Utrecht | Cultural (ii, iv, v)[3] | 1996[3] | The defence line around the Dutch capital Amsterdam was built between 1883 and 1920. It is the only fortification that is based on the principle of controlling the waters around a city. It contains of a network of 45 armed forts and can temporarily flood polders extending 135 kilometers around Amsterdam.[3] | |
818 | Mill Network at Kinderdijk-Elshout | Alblasserdam and Nieuw-Lekkerland, South Holland | Cultural (i, ii, iv) | 1997 | ||
819 | Historic Area of Willemstad, Inner City and Harbour, Curaçao | Willemstad, Curaçao[note 1] | Cultural (ii, iv, v) | 1997 | ||
867 | Ir.D.F. Woudagemaal (D.F. Wouda Steam Pumping Station) | Lemmer, Lemsterland, Friesland | Cultural (i, ii, iv) | 1998 | ||
899 | Droogmakerij de Beemster (Beemster Polder) | Beemster, North Holland | Cultural (i, ii, iv) | 1999 | ||
965 | Rietveld Schröderhuis (Rietveld Schröder House) | Utrecht, Utrecht | Cultural (i, ii) | 2000 | ||
1314 | The Wadden Sea | Friesland, Groningen, and North Holland | Natural (viii, ix, x) | 2009 | ||
1349 | Seventeenth-century canal ring area of Amsterdam inside the Singelgracht | Amsterdam, North Holland | Cultural (i, ii, iv) | 2010 | ||
1441 | Van Nelle Factory | Rotterdam, South Holland 51°55′24″N 4°26′00″E / 51.92333°N 4.43333°E | Cultural (vii, viii, ix, x) | 2014 |
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ Curaçao is a constitute country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Netherlands. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved on 2012-01-21.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Schokland and Surroundings. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved on 2012-01-22.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Defence Line of Amsterdam. UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved on 2012-01-22.